TOWN OF VINTON v. FALCUN CORP.

Record No. 810335.

306 S.E.2d 867 (1983)

TOWN OF VINTON, et al. v. FALCUN CORPORATION and Fralin & Waldron, Inc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Eicher, Richmond (Frederick T. Gray, W. Scott Street, III, Richmond, Frank G. Selbe, III, Roanoke, Williams, Mullen, Christian, Pollard & Gray, Richmond, on briefs), for appellants.

William B. Poff, Roanoke (Michael A. Cleary, Woods, Rogers, Muse, Walker & Thornton, Roanoke, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.


POFF, Justice.

This is an appeal by a municipality from a judgment which invalidated an ordinance amending local zoning laws. The dispositive question is whether the municipality had authority to adopt the ordinance as an emergency measure without notice, public hearings, and referral to its planning commission.

Fralin & Waldron, Inc. (F & W), held a purchase option on a 130-acre tract of land owned by Falcun Corporation. Effective May 21, 1975, the...

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